These are our potential leaders?

You have got to be kidding me.  Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not the most intellectual or law savoy person on this planet but I would hope our potential leaders are.  Our Country, for the majority of it's existence, has been a self-made, dominate force with-in this world.  We've been able to break away from a world power, assert our independence, and grow into a nation of competent people.  So, what's happening now?  Where has our great intuition gone?  Do we as a people not have any accountability anymore or hold others to standards? There are times that I look at my fellow citizen's and ask myself why.  Their actions and comments are cold, selfish, and of a short term thought process. The country that we live in has lost it's independent, free spirited, adventurous attitude, and traded it in for a money hungry, self preserving, attention starved, debacle.  People work more than they sleep.  Doesn't that bother anyone?  Our lives are rushed.  We're basically rushed to death.  Everything around us is made to make life more efficient.  While life gets easier it's taking away from out simplicity. It makes traditional life experiences nonexistant.  Cooking food, creating a home, experiencing relationships, traveling, have all become streamline.  All of these are not awful inventions but it has taken away from time spent enjoying the company of those directly around you.  When was the last time you took time to really get to know your neighbors or spoke to someone face to face about an issue instead of through text or the phone?  Even this blog has taken an old tradition of communication and made it less personal.  Do we even make time to really know ourselves anymore?  With these changes in our life, we can see the changes reflected in our Government. 

We are the law.  Everyone has heard the phrase "We the people..." but no one seems to live it.  How come we don't fight anymore for what's right?  Are people not outraged in this country with the turn of events and ideals?  As this election season is right around the corner make an effort to be heard.  Get involved with your community and help shape it in the way that you want.  Each person has their place in this country and it's important to cultivate that community and seek it out.  I don't expect everyone to think the way I do, but i do expect everyone to have some common decency when it comes to relating to one another.  We're not a country anymore....we're two parties.  Take a breath of fresh air and remind yourself that we are one.



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